NASA nixes the Zero G spot
October 25th, 2005 by MonkeyThis sort of story seems to pop up every few years…
Nasa says out of this world trans-orbital lovin’ could jeopardize manned missions to Mars. Where are the guilt free, pan-sexual astronauts when you need them?
“With the prospect of a very long-term mission, it’s hard to ignore the question of sexuality,” says Lawrence Palinkas, a medical anthropologist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, an author of the report. It reviewed NASA’s plans for research to keep astronauts safe and healthy in space – but the plans make no mention of sexual issues in spaceflight.
link via NewScientistSpace.com